Improved self-relieving hook for boats  tackle



VUNITED STATES HENRY G. GUYON, OE BROOKLYN,

PATENT OEEICE..

NEW YORK, AssrGNOR To JAMES EDSALL, OF SING SING, NEW YORK.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 41,339, dated January 19l 1864.

To LZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, HENRY G. GUYON, ot' the city of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved SelfRelieving Device for Boat- Tackle 5 and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, lforming part of this specitication.

Figure l is a front view of the device. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same at right angles to Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a side View showing the application of my device to boat-tackle.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several ligures.

This invention consists in a divided or slotted hook ot' peculiar construction to be attached to the boat, and a link of peculiar construction to be attached to the tackle, whereby the tackle is made to detach itself when the boat, in being lowered from a vessel in motion', comes to a bearing in the water.

To enable others to make and use my iuvention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

A is the divided or slotted hook, of cast or wrought iron, made with a long stem, a., to be bolted to the stem or stern ofthe boat, either inside or outside, and having its, head slotted centrally, as shown at b b, for the reception of the link B, thus forming two separate divisions, c c, ot' the hook, one on each side of the slot b b. The lilik B consists ot' a flat piece of cast or wrought iron of a thickness to pass easily into and out from the slot b b, and it is furnished at its upper end with a ring, d, or its equivalent by which to attach it to the tackle, and near its lower end with two opposite projecting pins, e e, to enter into the two divisions cc of the hook. The hook is strengthened by means of cheeks f f, which connect its sides with the shank o. The mouth of the hook is sloped out, as shown at g in Fig. 2, to allow the pins e eto pass out easily and with a slight downward movement.

The boat is to have one of the hooks A secured to each end, as shown in Fig. 3, the mouth ot' both hooks having a forward direction. The two links-one for each hook-are to be suspended from the davits by separate tackles O C, as represented in Fig. 3, which should belet out from the same windlass or other lowering apparatus in such manner that both tackles will run ont alike and keep the boat on an even keel during the lowering operation, as shown in red outline in Fig. 3.

When in lowering the boat from a vessel in motion it comes to a bearing on the water, the progress of the vessel instantly draws the tackles in a slanting direction, and as soon as the tackles become slack enough to permit the pins e e ot' the links B B to clear the points or extremities of the hooks the links will be at once carried forward free ofthe hooks by the tackles swinging toward a vertical position under the inuence ot' gravitation. Fig. 3 shows in black outline the boat as having been just liberated, and the tackles as being about to swing forward toward a vertical position.

This device is very infallible in its operation, and its extreme simplicity renders it impossible for it to get out of order.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent as an improved article of manufacture- A selfrelieving boat-tackle device composed of a slotted hook, A, having cheeks j', and a liat link, B, provided with a transverse pin, e, the several parts being' constructed and operating in the manner herein shown and described.

HENRY G. GUYON. Vl-Titnesses Tnos. S. J. DOUGLAS, GEO. W. REED. 

